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Hardwood floor layout planner: every board placed before the first cut

Wood is the flooring you least want to cut twice: the boards cost several times what laminate does, and a mislaid first row is buried under the rest of the job. This planner lays your actual boards in your actual room before anything is cut: direction, row starts, joint stagger, the width of the last row, and the waste figure your budget should carry.

It plans solid and engineered wood the same way, because the geometry does not care how the board is fixed down. Enter the dimensions from your range, floated or nailed, and the plan is computed for the boards you are actually buying.

Open the hardwood floor layout planner

Free to try. No account needed to start.

How it works

1

Draw your room

Sketch the floor to your measurements, in metric or imperial. L shapes, bays, hearths and other obstacles are part of the plan, not surprises at the saw.

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2

Enter your wood boards

Length, width and pack size from the range. Mixed-length bundles work too: enter each length as its own board with the quantities in your packs.

6 packs
to buy
6%
waste
3

See every board placed

The full layout with direction and stagger applied, the waste and pack count for the budget, and a board-by-board cut list for the job.

See it in action

What you get

The direction decision made with numbers

Direction is usually chosen by light or by the longest wall. The planner also shows what it does to waste and cuts in your room, so the look decision is made knowing its price.

Balanced first and last rows

A sliver last row is the classic wood floor regret. The plan balances the first row so the last one comes out a proper width.

Joint stagger that holds

Minimum end joint offsets kept in every row, with H joints and staircase runs fixed or flagged, which is both the warranty condition and what makes a wood floor read as craftsman-laid.

A waste figure worth the wood

At hardwood prices the difference between guessing 10% and knowing your room is real money. The waste on the plan comes from placed boards, not a rule of thumb.

Frequently asked questions

Which direction should hardwood floors run?
Convention says along the light or the longest wall, and in most rooms that is the right call. But direction also changes the cutting: in our 250-room dataset it matters most in narrow rooms and corridors. The planner runs your room both ways so you can see the difference before deciding.
Does it work for solid and engineered wood?
Yes. The layout geometry is the same whether the boards are floated, glued or nailed: rows, joints, offsets and cuts. Enter the board dimensions from your range and plan either.
My wood comes in mixed lengths. Can it plan that?
Yes. Enter each length in the bundle as its own board type with its pack quantity, and the planner places them together in one layout, planning the stagger with the lengths you actually have.
Is the hardwood floor layout planner free?
Planning is free without an account: draw the room, enter your boards, run the layout and see the layout preview and the first two boards of the cut list. The waste, pack count, complete cut list and downloads are a one-time unlock for the room, or Pro.